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An EPIC waste of time
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Member Posts: 67
Ok i see posts claiming one game is better than the other etc... But let me tell you a few things.
I played EQ1 for a LONG ass time and had a 65 beastlord with 208aa's and a 57 wizard... I played FFXI for a long ass time as well and had a level 57 Beastmaster (yeah that used to be my style). also had multiple other jobs to use as subjobs (whm/war/rdm/drk/blm/rng) etc...
I then moved on to every other mmorpg in the world and eventually landed in WoW. I had a 60 shaman on nethrazim named Gage, before MC was out i sold that account therefor he had no tier2+ gear... I then started a new account after a month or so off and ended up with a level 60 Warlock on Eonar... I got into the best guild on the server (Evil Empire) , ran MC / Ony / Kaz more times than i would like to count and also began to break into BWL.
The conclusions i came to about mmorpg's is that they are all essentially the same. As much as anyone would like to think one game has huge depth and is better than others, they are all incredibly simple games with little depth (even though WoW was like a 30 million dollar project)...
What i am saying to you is that MMO's are a terrible waste of time.... I was one of the players with a lot of skill and experience and eventually you just get to a point where they are all the same... It's really time for a new type of mmorpg to break the ice in an original way. World War II online is a great game and very different from the rest, i suggest people try it out ( i don't actually play it anymore , i don't play any mmo's now but at least WW2OL is original)...
Anyways, I know it must seem like i'm saying a lot of nothing, but try to understand that every one of you that are lookign for the savior to mmo's will constantly be disappointed, because games simply cannot have the depth you are all looking for.....
In the end , IMO, the 2 best MMO's on the market are Shadowbane and WW2OL, both are very different from the regular games (shadowbane you can literally control the world and every city in it, although it's only been done a couple times by very skilled individuals)....
But i must say, as far as "normal" mmo's go, WoW has the best end-game out there. Blackwing Lair, MC, and even UBRS (before everyone learned the pattern to defeating it) are great instances that actually require REAL teamwork and everyone to do well. If 1 person messes up it can be game over for the entire raid (that's when you get removed from the guild).
SO, enjoy your mmorpg's , but don't look for something that isn't there. These games are all limited.
EDIT:: I should also mention that EVE online is an awesome game... it is probly the only game that doesn't fit into my "epic waste of time" catagory (which includes every mmo i've ever played)....
Eve online is completely original and , while lacking a bit of depth for non-enterprising individuals, it is a dream come true for anyone looking for a game wehre they can start their own businesses, including paying your employees (who are actually other players) and competing for the richest mining fields in the galexy... Truly eve is a good game.
You might wonder why i don't play it , and i can't really answer you that, i guess i just don't want to play mmo's anymore, but if i ever come back to them and not much has changed, EVE would almost certainly be my first pick. (roma victor looks interesting as well but i'll have to try it out first)
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Thanks for sharing this...
That being said, what are you trying to achieve by saying MMORPGs are a waste of time, especially when you post it on a site, where EVERYONE is a mmorpg'er?
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Lol, Eve can never be a waste of time. It's the only game that allows you to get other things done while 'playing', like watching tv, mowing the lawn, painting the house, etc.
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Should he post it on the Barbie Forums?
@ topic: essentially most games are a waste of time, tbh.
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Originally posted by Mandolin
Designers need to move away from the old D&D level-based model which was never designed for player vs player combat in the first place.
I agree with you man, Ill play an mmorpg whole heartedly untill the repetititveness starts to get to me.I like the "new game feel" i like the feeling of exploring and not knowing what to do. Lately i been getting burned out on wow and right now there isnt alot out. (i tryied a couple of the free mmorpg's to) i do feel like they are all the same in some sence tho. and sometimes nothing can kill a game faster for you then the endgame cause if you felt it was repetitive before welll then youd still think that way at the in repeating isnt fun,repeating isnt fun,repeating isnt fun (rotfl okay ill stop)
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There is logic behind OP. However, the way I see it is MMOs should NOT be played as a job, but rather entertainment. If you play 10hours daily, you will end up at the end level fast and burn out soon after. No one can accomodate 100% of playerbase, so Bliz did what noone has done before, they accommodated the majority - casual players. Leveling in WoW is fast and joyfull - but if you are like me, playing 3-4 hours a day at best, then its gonna take you a while to get to the high end.
One suggestion I can make u, if u like WW2O, try Planetside - there is no hiend content, there are no NPCs, no PvE, theres just PvP in its purest form - tangible PvP rewards, HUGE (300+) battles for base/land control - all completely skill based (your skill, not your char skill).
I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor - pre-WW2 genocide.
/agreed
I play WoW for maybe 2-4 hours daily, if I am lucky enough to find time. I have been playing since the North American release. And have managed to only reach 1 levle 60 character.
I don't like to concentrate on one particular character for a long while either. My level 60 ( Paladin) was put aways for about 2 months when he hit 42 and i experiemented with other classes to avoid the repetiveness of grinding/questing a bit/grinding.
WoW has been able to keep me interested and even entertained all this time. I have one of every character to at least level 25, except druid. My advice is to not get caught up with one character if you want fun and want to avoid repetiveness. There is a reason why there are so many races/classes, put them to use
Currently attemting end game with 60 Pally
Approaching End Game/PvP with 57 Mage
and working on having fun with 48 Rogue
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You would at least have the courtesy of protecting the name of the char who someone paid you good real money for.
Geez sellers nowadays
I tend to agree with the OP. The problem I had in WoW was that after you hit 60, there was no longer anywhere to explore, or new things to do, aside from going through the same dungeons a few hundred times to get the gear you needed to do the next dungeon a few hundred times. Starting a new character didn't bring the same awe and wonder of exploring a new world for me, and I had to cancel my account.
Well, I should say the same to you... becuase you are on a MMO site and you would have not made an account here if ya did nit play games/MMO's.
So don't, DO NOT, ever judge people...
Cheers! I'm out
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imo oppinion any game is a waste of time. mmorpg's are all epic wastes of time. but man, they just had to go make them so much fun.
Finally someone finds the correct explanation.
But the road getting to the end game from level 1 to 60 in WoW is fun.
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Yes, video games are a huge waste of time and so are MMORPG's, and of course they are all the same. All MMORPG's are based on the same thing, kill guys to get xp to increase in level to get access to better items to kick more ass. I think everybody agrees with you that MMORPG's are all the same, it's the same genre, so of course they are all going to be the same.
Furthermore, action movies are, in reality, all the same, that's why I won't watch your average action movie as it is all the same thing. Also, life is pretty damn boring too. Wake up eat, go to the bathroom, go to work, come home waste your time on some BS, go to sleep and rinse and repeat, if instead of work you go to school, then give it a few years before the boredom of life starts to hit.
Essentially, I don't think you're saying anything that people don't already know, yes all MMORPG's are the same, but some are just more enjoyable to go through.
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